In The After

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When the world wakes up again, 

when it lets us all breathe a sigh of relief, 

when it releases us from a six-foot hold, 

I’ll have places to wear a necklace 

and a pair of earrings 

and I’ll touch his face and kiss his lips 

in public. 

I’ll go to more thrift stores 

and less malls, 

and take more pictures of people and places 

and less of myself. 

I’ll let the simple things stay simple. 

I’ll take all the solitude I can carry in these two hands 

and release it, 

give it a new name. 

Call it power. 

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Peyton Scott

Peyton Scott is a full-time student, part-time writer and partial night owl. She falls in love with everything at least once, but especially (and in no particular order): words, furry creatures, empty notebooks, true crime, hikes (and probably you).